Charles Dickens Quotes
That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds.Charles Dickens
Quotes to Explore
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Age for me is just a number.
Haile Gebrselassie -
When I was sixteen years old, I was sentenced to two years in prison; the Swedish government changed it, so I could go to a boarding school as part of a social programme. I was in this boarding school with some of the richest kids in Sweden.
Daniel Espinosa -
Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
Karin Slaughter -
I hope to get out before they start football next year.
Bear Bryant -
A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
Sam Rayburn -
As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
Fran Lebowitz
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
Balthasar Klossowski de Rola -
It's understandable why TV hasn't been diverse because a lot of TV writers are white dudes from Harvard. And white dudes from Harvard aren't going to immediately want to write about trans issues. They're not immediately going to want to write about a Filipino family.
Rachel Bloom -
The shows at the Hilton are the most exciting shows I've ever done. The stage is huge, but the theater is intimate, so we can have a magnificent production and still connect with the audience.
Barry Manilow -
A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There's something so beautiful about it that can't be faked.
Maggie Grace -
I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
K. D. Lang -
When incomes and bonuses decrease, revenues falter, and businesses stumble, it's more important than ever to give - not necessarily more, but in a way that matters more. When incomes are down and wallets are stretched, the effectiveness of our giving is what really counts.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
Tamsin Egerton -
There was an ingredient used in perfumes and remedies in the Middle Ages called 'momie' that is certainly one of the most fascinating I've come across.
M. J. Rose -
I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.
Haley Lu Richardson -
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
Edmund Burke -
Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
Oliver Reed -
There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.
Pat Metheny
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You need to write on your own and produce your own life.
Courtney Love -
Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
William S. Burroughs -
I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.
Ian Frazier -
Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.
Paul Wellstone -
That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds.
Charles Dickens